Cathedral stages Da Vinci spoof

-31/05/06


Cathedral stages Da Vinci spoof

-31/05/06

Anglican clerics have challenged the controversial content of The Da Vinci Code by swapping places with actors in a spoof version of the film’s poster.

The Dean of Manchester Cathedral, the Reverend Rogers Morgan Govender, fills in for Tom Hanks with his colleagues posing as the film’s other stars.

The mock-up was being used to promote a “Da Vinci Code mass” at the cathedral.

Canon Robin Gamble, who also features, said the Tuesday mass would investigate the film’s “extraordinary” claims.

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“This event will explore the extraordinary claims raised in the Da Vinci Code thriller, which has breathed new life into conspiracy theories surrounding the life of Jesus and the origins of the Christian faith,” he added.

The film, starring Tom Hanks and Sir Ian McKellen, was poorly received by critics but took 224m USD (£119m) at box offices around the world in its opening weekend.

Some churches and cathedrals in the UK have been accused of ‘double standards’ after profiting from the Da Vinci Code.

The Dean of Lincoln Cathedral, the Very Rev Alec Knight, who branded the book “a load of old tosh”, agreed to let the film be shot at the cathedral after the producers made a donation of £100,000.

It has been suggested that reading the Da Vinci Code has dramatically undermined the British peopleís trust in the claims of the Catholic Church.

People are twice as likely to believe that Jesus Christ fathered children after reading the Dan Brown blockbuster and four times as likely to think of the Catholic organisation Opus Dei as a murderous sect, according to Opinion Research Business (ORB) poll results.


Cathedral stages Da Vinci spoof

-31/05/06

Anglican clerics have challenged the controversial content of The Da Vinci Code by swapping places with actors in a spoof version of the film’s poster.

The Dean of Manchester Cathedral, the Reverend Rogers Morgan Govender, fills in for Tom Hanks with his colleagues posing as the film’s other stars.

The mock-up was being used to promote a “Da Vinci Code mass” at the cathedral.

Canon Robin Gamble, who also features, said the Tuesday mass would investigate the film’s “extraordinary” claims.

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“This event will explore the extraordinary claims raised in the Da Vinci Code thriller, which has breathed new life into conspiracy theories surrounding the life of Jesus and the origins of the Christian faith,” he added.

The film, starring Tom Hanks and Sir Ian McKellen, was poorly received by critics but took 224m USD (£119m) at box offices around the world in its opening weekend.

Some churches and cathedrals in the UK have been accused of ‘double standards’ after profiting from the Da Vinci Code.

The Dean of Lincoln Cathedral, the Very Rev Alec Knight, who branded the book “a load of old tosh”, agreed to let the film be shot at the cathedral after the producers made a donation of £100,000.

It has been suggested that reading the Da Vinci Code has dramatically undermined the British peopleís trust in the claims of the Catholic Church.

People are twice as likely to believe that Jesus Christ fathered children after reading the Dan Brown blockbuster and four times as likely to think of the Catholic organisation Opus Dei as a murderous sect, according to Opinion Research Business (ORB) poll results.